Trilobita - Lichida - Lichidae
Full reference: J. R. Pollitt, R. A. Fortey, and M. A. Wills. 2005. Systematics of the trilobite families Lichidae Hawle & Corda, 1847 and Lichakephalidae Tripp, 1957: the application of Bayesian inference to morphological data. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 3(3):225-241
Parent taxon: Lichinae according to J. R. Pollitt et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Anadesma, Dicranopeltini, Echinolichini, Platylichini, Tetralichini, Trimerolichas
Subtaxa: Lichas
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Italy (1 collection)
• Silurian of Argentina (3), Canada (10: Quebec, Québec), Japan (3), United States (6: Alaska, Illinois, Indiana)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Belgium (2), China (2), Iran (1), Lithuania (1), Morocco (2), Norway (1), Spain (2), Sweden (13), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 50 collections including 55 occurrences